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World Bank projects 2% growth for Ukraine in 2025 despite ongoing war

Despite showing resilience with projected 2% growth in 2025, Ukraine's economy faces a lengthy path to recovery, with pre-invasion GDP levels not expected until 2030 due to widespread infrastructure damage and hostilities.

byOlena Mukhina

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Ukraine’s EU exports surge to $ 25 billion in 2024 due to visa-free trade regime with bloc

Trade between Ukraine and the EU reaches new heights under visa-free regime, with Ukrainian goods gaining unprecedented access to European markets ahead of planned agreement updates.

byOlena Mukhina

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UK Intelligence: Russia plans to write off 411,000 soldier loans amid 1,532 daily losses

The Kremlin's $94,400 per-soldier debt relief threatens to destabilize Russian banks already weakened by sanctions and high interest rates.

byOlena Mukhina

Ukrainian soldiers firing artillery, illustrative image. Photo via Eastnews.ua.

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The Economist: Ukraine is winning economic war against Russia

The sustainability of this economic resistance faces critical threats from severe labor shortages, energy vulnerabilities, and most importantly, uncertainty around continued Western financial support.

byBenjamin Looijen

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Ukraine’s economic growth expected to reach 4% in 2024, but slow in 2025 due to labor shortages

A return to Black Sea trade boosts 2024 growth, but labor and energy constraints dampen longer-term prospects.

byOlena Mukhina

Kyiv, illustrative image. Photo via Wikimedia.

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IMF: More profitable for partners to finance Ukraine now, instead of financing consequences of defeat

The representative argues that the economic ripple effects of a Russian victory would far exceed the price of current aid packages to Ukraine.

byBenjamin Looijen

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Ukrainian strikes reduce Russian oil refining by nearly 17%

Ukraine's use of various weapon types to strike deep into Russian territory is having a substantial effect on Russia's energy exports, according to a high-ranking NATO official.

byMaria Tril

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UK intel: Russia steals Ukraine’s mineral resources in occupied areas

Russia systematically plunders Ukrainian minerals from occupied areas and improves transport for extraction, while facing partisan threats during stolen ore shipments, as per British intelligence.

byYuri Zoria

Russian soldiers, illustrative image. Photo via Wikimedia.

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Russian Aggression

Resources of war: Can Russia sustain its war in Ukraine for years? (infographics)

Russia's artillery may deplete by 2025, tank reserves are sufficient until 2027, armored vehicles may degrade within 3-4 years, the financial strain growing, yet the manpower remains stable.

byVolodymyr Dacenko

8 Embassies, including US and UK, caution against terrorist threat in Moscow

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Bloomberg: Cola-Cola continues bringing profits in Moscow war machine, despite pledges to leave Russian market

Despite earlier pledges to halt operations, Coca-Cola has continued production in Russia and reported a staggering increase in profits in 2023.

byOlena Mukhina

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Analysis

Ukrane’s top economist: Polish border blockade a “litmus test” for EU integration

Hennadiy Chyzhykov, president of Ukraine's Chamber of Commerce, says resolving the trade dispute with Poland over agricultural exports is crucial for Ukraine's EU accession process, revealing deeper issues around competition and solidarity.

byBohdan Ben

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Latest news Ukraine

Hahn: Potential 20% EU budget hike from Ukraine’s accession only 0.2% of economic output, yet quick membership unlikely

EU Budget Commissioner Johannes Hahn says Ukraine's potential EU accession could increase the EU budget by up to 20%, which is only 0.2% of European economic output, noting Ukraine's significant economic potential.

byYuri Zoria

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“Most countries protect their farmers.” Poland’s top trade economist on why border blockade keeps going

The dispute is deeper than cheap crops; Poland wants a bilateral trade agreement with Ukraine, says Piotr Soroczyński

byPiotr Malinowski

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Ukraine and Slovakia strengthen cooperation in energy sector, including nuclear

Ukraine and Slovakia agreed to step up cooperation in the nuclear industry, diversification of oil and natural gas transportation, and synchronization of market conditions and products to increase liquidity in the gas and electricity markets.

byBenjamin Looijen